Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds．Streaks（条纹，线条） of light cast by the blinds of the tall ___1___ send shafts（杆状物） of light through the dusty air．I take a ___2___ and the concrete and paint ___3___ tickle my nose．I ___4___ everything about this room．

Some of the ___5___ times of my life have been spent here．It’s ironic（讽刺的）, but the ___6___ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to ___7___ to be someone I’m not．Like many teenagers, I almost ___8___ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears． People only look at your _9___ ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___10___．

When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes．All the worries and  ___11___ of the outside world are put on hold．Nervousness is still present, ___12___ it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy（不稳定的） ___13___ of being different and alone．

I ___14___ love to work backstage and on lighting．I ___15___ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder ___16___ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it．It makes me unique and gives me a sense of ___17___ to know that I succeed in an area where ___18_ others-and virtually no girls—do．

High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it ___19___．Like others, I’m often insecure, not ___20___ who I am or where I’m going in life．Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater．

1．A．doors              B．windows         C．roofs             D．walls

2．A．last look              B．long walk           C．short breath       D．deep breath

3．A．smells               B．tastes               C．sounds              D．looks

4．A．hate                    B．love                 C．miss             D．forget

5．A．worst                B．tiring               C．best             D．better

6．A．room                B．office              C．building          D．stage

7．A．pretend              B．expect            C．want              D．decide

8．A．hardly              B．seriously           C．constantly        D．happily

9．A．acting               B．speaking            C．moving        D．repeating

10．A．thought of         B．judged             C．taken care of        D．feeling

11．A．happiness           B．anxieties             C．chances            D．pressures

12．A．and                 B．however            C．but              D．though

13．A．feeling             B．idea                  C．hope             D．fact

14．A．seldom              B．almost              C．relatively           D．absolutely

15．A．hope               B．doubt               C．think             D．suspect

16．A．up for              B．out at              C．up to                D．down to

17．A．pride              B．duty                C．humor           D．sight

18．A．few                  B．many                C．a few             D．some

19．A．cruelly              B．tensely              C．friendly           D．mildly

20．A．fond of              B．afraid for           C．sure of             D．interested in